A memorial plaque to Eberhard and Donata Helmrich was unveiled in Drohobycz, June 22nd. It reminds this couple which is honored as „Righteous among the Nations“ because they saved many Jews during the Holocaust.
The mayor of Drohobycz, Taras Kuchma, the chairman of the Jewish community, Jozef Karpin, Varda Ghivoly from the „Drohobycz, Boryslaw and Vicinity Organization“ from Israel and Georg Goosmann for ASF spoke at the memorial service. Georg Goosmann also presented the greeting address of Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen, daughter of the Helmrichs:
„…I wish I could be with you today in Drohobycz, but unfortunately it is not possible.
I thank all of you, who are gathering in front of the house, where my father lived during the dark years of the war. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I am not able to really express my gratitude, and what it means to me, that my beloved father and mother are not forgotten.That men and women from an other generation are here to commemorate him.
May people who walk by, now and then look at the „Erinnerungstafel“ and wonder, what this man has done for others…“